The Briton who typed on his laptop the words “I will blow this plane to pieces” when he was on his way to Malta was given a three-year conditional discharge yesterday....

A court yesterday upheld two requests by Joseph Lebrun’s defence team and stayed the criminal proceedings against him....

A court heard yesterday how a man stole an unmarked police car because he needed a lift home and could not find a bus....

A Santa Venera man was sentenced to 20 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of attempted murder....

There were a total of 7,699 people registering for work with the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) at the end of January 2006, the National Statistics Office said yesterday....

The Naxxar local council fulfilled 46 per cent of the promises it made in its electoral manifesto, Labour leader Alfred Sant said yesterday. ...

“Apparently the conflict of the public tender for the building and reconstruction of the road from Mgarr to San Lawrenz is resolved and citizens can notice some new billboards promoting this EU-funded project"....

The Nationalist Party criticised the Labour leader yesterday, holding that Dr Alfred Sant did not want the PN government to close down the Maghtab landfill but rather, it wanted to continue using it. ...

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said that Malta attracted Lm200 million worth of foreign investment in 2005 and as a result employment opportunities increased and unemployment dropped. ...

Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg was questioned about the protest by the irregular immigrants during Question Time in Parliament last night....